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January 2011 Moms
houndbaby
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Wow, an IRL "I didn't know I was pregnant"
houndbaby
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I teach college and this morning one of my student showed up and told me she was late for class and forgot all her stuff for class because she just had a baby this weekend and she didn't know she was pregnant 
I didn't ask for details, I just told her to go home and get some rest.
I didn't ask for details, I just told her to go home and get some rest.This discussion has been closed.
Re: Wow, an IRL "I didn't know I was pregnant"
Wha...?
HOW do people NOT know????
These stories amaze me...considering all I'm feeling and how my body keeps changing I can't imaine not knowing something was going on. Sometimes I wonder if it's denial or what.
Seriously, think of when you feel LO moving and kicking. What the heck would someone think that was?
Whoa. I don't even know what to say. I'm not sure if I'm more shocked at the "I didn't know I was pregnant" or that the hospital let her out early enough to come to an early class, or that she showed up....just whoa.
On the same note- I worked with a girl (I say girl, she was probably 25) who didn't know she was pregnant for the first 7 months. It wasn't unusual for her to to a year without her period, hadn't gained any weight until then, and hadn't had any morning sickness (except a severe bought for about a week they thought was food poisoning). She only found out because of the "unexplained" weight gain and she starting feeling "funny sensations" in her abdomen!
Hmm.... I never thought to use that one when I skipped class in college. That's good.
I would definitely have been skeptical...
That's what I always question myself especially when it comes to watching the TV show.
DH has a co-worker that didn't know she was 5 or 6 months pregnant when she was pregnant with her first child.
LMAO!!! Why didn't I ever think of this!!!
This for sure...I would have asking all kinds of questions!!!
More Green For Less Green
I listen to Bob and Tom on my way to work- and one of the guys on the show is obsessed with those stories. He talks about how they always think they are having a bowel movement- then he asks what kind of BM's they usually have that birthing a child felt like a BM?
I have felt positive that I was going to die of m/s and exhaustion, and been pretty sure that LO was trying to pop out of my belly she was kicking so hard- I can't imagine thinking all that was normal life!!!
I can't imagine not knowing, I really think it's heavy denial. On the show they are always like "looking back it totally makes sense".
I always feel for these stories. If we hadn't been trying so hard to get pg then I wouldn't have been on so many meds and I wouldn't have been cycling like "normal" since normal for me was to go many months in between periods. One span in between was 11 months. Now along with not cycling I probably wasn't ovulating but the doc said it could happen spontaneously. Therefore I could have gotten pg it just wasn't very likely. If that had been the case I wouldn't even question being pg since up through now (almost 22 weeks) I've had hardly any symptoms that are far from normal. I had a few nauseous days but even those weren't bad. I have felt movement but I've been "looking" for it. I have been very tired, but even that I could have explained away. I lost weight in the beginning and have gained some back but am not back up to prepg weight. I'm sure that as I progress that everything will be more in your face and definite, but up till now at least these stories make sense to me. Everything I've felt and experienced so far, including lack of periods, could have gone unnoticed if we hadn't been testing every month anyway.
I'm not saying that every story is valid, but I can see how some are. Sorry, I know this was long, but since I could see this happening to me I have to add my thoughts whenever this topic arises.
That's sad.
I really think it's serious heavy duty denial, like PP mentioned. Goodness, if I didn't know I was pregnant in May, I definitely would have been at a the doctor assuming I was really sick with all the symptoms. But the brain is a crazy powerful thing and people can convince themselves they aren't, or bury it in their minds and pretend. It is bizarre though.
This. Exactly.